gloomy vs privative

gloomy

adj
  • Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening. 

  • Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected. 

noun
  • Someone or something that is gloomy or pessimistic. 

privative

adj
  • consisting in the absence of something; negative 

  • causing privation; depriving 

  • indicating the absence of something 

noun
  • something that causes privation or indicates an absence 

How often have the words gloomy and privative occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )